Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed four new gun control bills on Friday afternoon, adding measures to restrict gun purchases and imposing new legal liabilities on the gun industry.
The gun control measures Polis signed into law included a bill to raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm in the state to 21 years old and another bill that will make firearms purchasers wait an additional three days after clearing a background check before a firearms seller will give them the product they purchased.
A third bill expands on the list of people who can petition a court to impose a so-called extreme risk protective order (ERPO) that allows law enforcement officers to temporarily seize a person’s firearms if the court determines that person poses a risk of harm to themselves or others. When Colorado originally implemented this ERPO system—commonly referred to as a “Red Flag” law—only a family member, household member, law enforcement officer, or law enforcement agency could file a petition to have a person’s firearms taken away. The new bill now also allows licensed medical care providers, licensed mental health care providers, licensed educators, and district attorneys to request such firearms seizures….